Employees arrange water jugs for private use at a meeting room of the business negotiation center in the Zhongguancun Science City, Beijing on April 21. [Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn]

A business negotiation center was set up recently by Zhongguancun Science City, the first of its kind established in Beijing amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

The center will provide services for people on short-term visits to or from Beijing for business negotiations in an effort to accelerate work resumption.

The center will be located on a preliminary basis at the Beijing Yulong International Hotel, which boasts 377 guest rooms. Meeting rooms will be arranged for business negotiations attended by 10 to 30 people. More centers will be set up accordingly.

The center will carry out work following guidelines of epidemic containment, disinfecting guest rooms, meeting rooms and other public spaces. Visitors will have their temperatures taken and recorded.

An employee prepares masks and disinfectant at a door to a meeting room of the business negotiation center in the Zhongguancun Science City, Beijing on April 21. [Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn]

An employee tests a temperature-taking device at the business negotiation center in Zhongguancun Science City, Beijing on April 21. [Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn]

A hotel maid disinfects a guest room at the business negotiation center in Zhongguancun Science City. [Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn]

A worker debugs an air cleaning system in a guest room at the business negotiation center in Zhongguancun. [Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn]